SOFTWARE & TOOLS: Alice – Walking & Stumbling
Here’s where I hit a block to overcome before I proceed further. I found a separate module to have the Mad Scientist, now named Dr. Roderick V. Sheutzenheimer, walk rather than the glide I was using, but two little problems came with it. First, he only takes a couple steps in the pre-coded module and I’m not sure how I get it to continue for a further distance (ah, just got the thought that maybe distance rather than repeat is the way–I’ll have to check). The second glitch is that the code has him moving his head left and right as he walks, and that’s not something I want. Actually, that gives me the idea right now that i could just make a new module that doesn’t include the head swinging. And that would eliminate the third problem–where to make the edits.
For one thing, it looks like I can edit it right from the Methods window, but will that edit that method forever, both within the scene and within the program? Another way seems to be when it is open in the large window that details each movement that constitutes the walk. The head swing is there and I may be able to take it out. The concern is again that I don’t want to mess something up and change the original but rather just to change it for this one segment.
I’ll be looking at other projects to see what the coding is for a smooth, maybe ten-step walk. And I’m patiently waiting for the textbook to come in which I hope to have by the weekend.
In the meantime, I am working on Socrates.
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